Here’s the case for Elon Musk, Warren Buffett and the rest of America’s billionaires sending $3,000 stimulus checks to everybody

“The rich get richer” doesn’t even begin to truly capture what’s been happening across the United States during the coronavirus pandemic.

According to Americans for Tax Fairness and the Institute for Policy Studies, the 651 U.S. billionaires have seen their collective wealth grow by more than $1 trillion over the past nine months, while the less fortunate struggle to keep their jobs and put food on the table.

If the ultra-rich were to share their “pandemic profits,” research shows, they could give everybody in the country a one-time $3,000 stimulus...